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NOTICE! 

Before  the  Board  of  Railroad  Commissioners  of 

the  State  of  Iowa. 

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To  Whom  It  May  Concern: 

Notice  is  hereby  given  that  the  Board  of  Railroad  Commissioners  of  the  State  of  Iowa  will, 
on  March  8,  1910,  10  o’clock  a.  m.,  at  its  office  in  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  hold  a  public  hearing  for  the 
purpose  of  making  such  changes  in  its  schedules  of  rates  and  classification  of  freights  as  mav  appear 
just  and  reasonable;  the  subject  of  demurrage  rules  and  charges  will  also  be  considered  at  such  hearing. 

By  Order  of  the  Board  of  Railroad 
Commissioners  of  the  State  of  Iowa. 


Des  Moines,  Iowa,  December  30,  1909. 


Secretary. 


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OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


Article 

Remarks 

Petition  asks  that  the  words  “Vehicles 
in  crates  which  do  not  meet  the  above 

requirements  will  be  ratable  one  class 
higher,  ’  ’  be  stricken  out  of  Item  29,  pages 
139  and  140,  Iowa  Classification  No.  14. 


Power  Corn  Shelters,  K.  D. 


E 


Concrete  Ties,  (not  classified). 


Iron  Barn  Door  Hangers  and  Track  for 
same,  in  crates  and  boxes. 


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Article 

Hern  arks 

Corrugated  Iron  and  Steel  Culverts, 
nested  or  not  nested. 

X 

Petition  asks  that  Index  Nos.  55  and 
56,  Supp.  No.  4  to  Iowa  Classification 
No.  4,  Tallow  (Rendered),  in  Barrels  or 
cans  with  cloth  tops  or  without  cloth 
tops,  L.  C.  L.  4th  Class,  be  modified  to 
read  as  follows : 

Tallow  in  bbls.  or  Casks,  L.  C.  L.,  41  h 
Class;  in  bbls.  or  Cans  with  cloth  or 
without  cloth  tops,  L.  C.  L.,  3rd  Class, 
in  boxes  or  bbls.,  L.  C.  L.,  3rd  Class. 

Dried  Peas  (30,000  lbs.  min.  C.  L.  wt.). 
Cotv  Peas  (24,000  lbs.  min.  C.  L.  wt.). 

Petition  requests  same  rate  on  dried 
peas  as  for  cow  peas. 

Cucumbers  in  brine  (raw  material  for 
pickles),  packed  in  forty- five  to  fifty 
gallon  barrels. 

Petition  asks  that  cucumbers  in  brine 
be  given  a  lower  rate  than  the  finished 

pickles. 

Wagon  Brake  Ratchets,  in  bundles. 


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OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


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Article 

Remarks 

Castings  for  Stoves,  Furnaces,  etc.,  L. 
C.  L. : 

Petition  asks  that  Classification  be 
made  clearer,  as  when  the  castings  for  a 
complete  furnace  are  shipped  in  one  day, 
by  one  shipper  to  one  consignee  they  have 
been  charged  third  class  as  being  (what 
they  are  not)  a  complete  furnace.  If 
half  is  shipped  one  day,  the  other  half 
on  a  following  day,  no  question  has  been 
raised  as  to  the  fourth  class  application. 

Candy  and  Confectionery : 

Petitioner  desires  third  class  rate  re¬ 
gardless  invoice  or  average  value. 

Now  classified  by  Index  No  43,  Supp. 
No.  4. 

Continuous  Concrete  Mixers,  S.  U.  (not 
now  classified). 

Concrete  Batch  Mixers,  S.  U.  (not  now 
classified) . 

Molds  and  Parts,  boxed  (not  now  classi¬ 
fied). 

Cement  or  Concrete  Shingle  Machine 
(not  now  classified). 

Sill  Cap  and  Cap  Molds  (not  now  classi¬ 
fied)  . 

Automatic  Power  Tamper  (not  now  clas¬ 
sified)  . 

Built-up  or  Combined  Wood,  bent  or 
straight,  including  built-up  wood,  ve¬ 
neered,  coffin  stock  (not  painted  or 
varnished),  wooden  cooling  tower  ma¬ 
terial,  wooden  ice  tank  tops,  and  wood¬ 
en  ice  can  covers,  but  exclusive  of 
wooden  tank  tops  and  built-up  woods 
any  part  of  which  is  made  of  black 
walnut,  cherry,  holly,  or  foreign 
woods : 

Petitioner  desires  Lumber  Tariff  Rates 
and  to  have  classification  clarified. 

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OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


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Article 

Remarks 

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Petition  asks  that  Item  14,  Supplement 
No.  1  to  Western  Classification  No.  47, 
(Rule  with  reference  to  tank  ears),  be 
adopted  and  made  a  part  of  Iowa  Classi¬ 
fication. 

Petition  asks  that  Rule  6-A,  page  2, 
Iowa  Classification  No.  14,  be  amended  as 
shown  in  Item  15,  page  5,  Supplement 
No.  1  to  Western  Classification  No.  47. 

Petition  asks  that  Iowa  Classification 
No.  14  be  amended  by  making  effective 
Item  27,  page  6,  Supplement  No.  1  to 
Western  Classification  No.  47. 

Rotary  Disc  Sharpeners  mounted  on 
skids  of  wood,  open  crating,  partly 

K.  D.: 

Complaint  is  made  that  this  machine 
is  accepted  by  the  railroads  same  as 
crated  and  billed  out  at  first  class,  but 
at  destination  the  customer  is  compelled 
to  pay  one  and  one-half  first  class.  Ap¬ 
plication  asks  a  special  classification  and 
a  fourth  class  rate. 

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Case  No. 

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Iowa  Classification 

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Western  Classification 

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Item 

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B  233 

B  234 

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OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


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Article 

Remarks 

Application  asks  that  the  Plaster  Rate 
be  made  to  apply  on  Plaster  Retarder 
in  straight  or  mixed  carloads  with 
stucco  and  plaster. 

• 

Petition  asks  that  Refuse  Beet  Pulp 
take  the  same  rate  as  Sugar  Beets,  pro¬ 
vided  for  in  Commodity  Rate  on  page 
VI,  Iowa  Classification  No.  14. 

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Petition  asks  that  Item  64,  page  142, 
Western  Classification  No.  47,  be  adopted 
in  the  Iowa  Classification. 

Petition  asks  rate  equivalent  to  Class 
B  on  Seed  Grain,  Seed  Corn,  and  Seed 
Potatoes,  L.  C.  L. 

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Caae  No. 

Iowa  Classification 

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Western  Classification 

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C.  L. 

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L.  C.  L. 

C.  L. 

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B  237 

B  238 

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168 

39 

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B  239 

OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


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Article 

Remarks 

Petition  asks  that  Rule  36,  page  6. 
Iowa  Classification  No.  14,  be  reissued 
and  amended  from  time  to  time  as  new 
supplements  to  Iowa  Classification  cover¬ 
ing  other  matters  are  published. 

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Petition  asks  an  order  of  the  Board 
defining  what  arc  Switching  Limits  at 
stations  within  the  State  of  Iowa,  and 
the  duties  of  carriers  as  to  the  switching 
of  cars  within  those  limits ;  also  prescrib¬ 
ing  a  schedule  of  maximum  charges  for 
switching  service. 

Children’s  Collapsible  Go-carts,  K.  D. 
or  folded  flat,  crated : 

Petition  asks  first  class  rate  same  as 
Western. 

• 

Petition  asks  that  the  minimum  on 
mixed  car  lots  of  Egg  Cases,  K.  D.,  and 
Egg  Case  Fillers  be  reduced  from  30,000 

lbs.  to  24,000  lbs. 

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Case  No. 

Iowa  Classification 

Desired  Rating  Western  Classification 

Page 

Item 

L.  C.  L. 

C.  L. 

L.  C.  L. 

C.  L.  Page  Item 

L.  C.  L. 

C.  L. 

B  240 

• 

B  241 

B  242 

B  243 

98 

99 

47 

17 

116 

52 

OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


Article 

Remarks 

Household  Goods: 

Western  Classification  makes  changes 
in  valuation  of  Household  Goods.  It  is 
suggested  Iowa  Classification  should  fol¬ 
low. 

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Paper  Boxes: 

We  cannot  ship  one  pound  candy 
boxes  (that  will  hold  full  pound  under 
Pure  Pood  Act)  to  Sioux  City  and 
Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  as  cheap  as  we 
can  to  Omaha,  Nebraska,  or  Sioux  Palls, 
South  Dakota.  The  ’  above  size  cannot 
be  shipped  in  Iowa  at  less  than  double 
first-class,  while  paper  box  factories  out¬ 
side  of  our  state  using  Western  Classifi¬ 
cation  can  ship  at  first  class  rate.  For 
instance,  we  have  a  very  strong  competi¬ 
tor  at  Watertown,  Wisconsin,  who  can 
reach  Davenport,  Clinton,  Dubuque, 
Waterloo,  Des  Moines  and  other  Iowa 
points  at  less  rate  per  hundred  pounds 
than  we  can,  while  the  Western  Classifi¬ 
cation  and  Iowa  Classification  ratings 
remain  as  they  do  today. 


Petition  asks  that  foot  note  on  page 
75,  Iowa  Classification  No.  14,  be  amend¬ 
ed  to  allow  5,000  lbs.  of  ice  for  preserva¬ 
tive  in  C.  L.  shipments  of  Beer,  Ale,  etc. 


Nursery  Stock: 

.  Petition  asks  that  the  Iowa  Classifica¬ 
tion  be  made  the  same,  with  reference 
to  released  valuation,  as  Western,  which 
requires  no  released  invoiced  valuation, 
and  that  Iowa  Classification  Rate  on  re¬ 
leased  valuation  be  made  to  apply. 


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Case  No. 

.  Iowa  Classification 

Desired  Rating 

Western  Classification 

Page 

Item 

L.  C.  L. 

C.  L. 

L.  C.  L. 

C.  L. 

Page  Iteqi 

L.  C.  L.  C.  L. 

B  244 

B  245 

B  246 

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B  247 

59 

61 

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4 

4 

5 

OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


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Article 

Remarks 

Depilatory,  N.  0.  S.  (Hair  and  Wool 
Remover),  in  bbls. : 

This  commodity  is  not  now  provided 
for  in  Iowa  Classification. 

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Harrow  Attachment  for  Sulky  Plows: 

This  implement  is  not  now  classified 
and  the  petitioner  desires  a  third  class 
rate  L.  C.  L.  and  Class  A  rate  for  car¬ 
loads. 

■ 

The  Board  will  consider  the  proposed 
adoption  of  the  Uniform  Demurrage 
Rules  which  were  adopted  by  the  Na¬ 
tional  Association  of  Railroad  Commis¬ 
sioners  in  annual  convention  with  the 
Interstate  Commerce  Commission  in 
Washington,  D.  C.,  November  16,  1909. 

Copy  of  said  rules  may  be  had  on  ap 
plication. 

Shredded  Whole  Wheat,  in  paper  car¬ 
tons  in  cases: 

Application  states  that  shredded 
whole  wheat  is  a  cereal  product  and 
should  be  given  rate  same  as  other  cere¬ 
als. 

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OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


A  rticle 

Remarks 

Farm  Wagon  Boxes  and  Shoveling 
Boards,  crated  with  wood  strips  and 
in  bundles: 

Application  asks  that  minimum  weight 
mixed  car  of  wagon  boxes  and  shoveling 
boards  be  changed  from  30,000  lbs.  to 
20,000  lbs.,  the  same  as  wagons  or  agri¬ 
cultural  implements. 

Broken  Stone  for  paving  and  good  roads 
purposes,  only: 

Petitioner  asks  that  seventy  per  cent 
of  the  present  rate  be  established  on  this 
commodity. 

Screenings  and  Stone  Dust: 

Petition  asks  that  sixty  per  cent  of  the 
present  rate  be  established  on  this  com¬ 
modity. 

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Lard  in  Tubs: 

Application  asks  that  rating  be  made 
to  apply  on  Lard  in  Tubs  either  with  or 
without  tin  linings. 

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the  following  changes  among 


OTHERS,  HAVE  BEEN  REQUESTED. 


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Article 

Remarks 

Petitioners  ask  that  Note  C,  found  on 
page  7,  in  Iowa  Classification  No.  14, 
providing  minimum  weight  on  flour  and 
other  mill  stuffs,  straight  or  mixed  car¬ 
loads  of  24,000  lbs.,  be  amended  to  pro¬ 
vide  30,000  lbs. 

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Petitioners  ask  that  the  rule  relating 
to  the  shipment  of  eggs  in  eases  found 
on  page  40,  Iowa  Classification  No.  14, 
be  cancelled,  and  in  lieu  thereof,  Item 
23,  page  49,  of  Western  Classification 
No.  47,  be  adopted. 

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Same  as  case  B-221. 

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